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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 111-137.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What about Leyner's image-fiction made Wallace wonder if pop-culture is all people have become?
(a) Leyner praises pop-culture.
(b) Leyner is a pop-culture character.
(c) Leyner is very involved in making pop-culture.
(d) Leyner's heavy use of pop-culture references.

2. The clogger competition leaves Wallace with a sense of a specific ______.
(a) Journey.
(b) Talent.
(c) Rhythm.
(d) Community.

3. Wallace believes fighting technology lies in ________.
(a) War.
(b) Conservatism.
(c) Imitation.
(d) Compliance.

4. What does Wallace blame for his failure as a tennis player in college?
(a) The pressure from coaches.
(b) The lack of equipment.
(c) Windscreens on the court.
(d) The overwhelming academic work.

5. Wallace and other press are transported around the fair on a _______ powered tractor.
(a) Water.
(b) Solar.
(c) Ethanol.
(d) Horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Wallace's explanation for why Midwesterners are alienated?

2. Wallace studied Mathematics in college because the straight lines reminded him of what?

3. Who does Wallace believe is the ultimate outsider?

4. At the beginning of "E Unibus Pluram," what does Wallace describe fiction writers as enjoying?

5. Why does Wallace see fighting irony as "impossible"?

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